I read an interesting post last week from Scott McLeod about deeper learning in schools. The useful part for workplace learning isn’t in the education terminology but as a warning. Schools often absorb new practice without changing much – the old model stays intact and low-level work gets called high-level work. Workplace learning does this… Read More Deeper than content
I saw an article in a business publication last week which listed the 4 steps required to become skilled in a specific profession: Get an undergraduate degree Look for entry-level employment in a related area Expand your skill set with a master’s degree Build competencies with professional certifications My heart sank when I saw this… Read More Get in line
I saw another example of solving the wrong problem recently. Cheating in online exams appears to be widespread at the University of Auckland with claims students sitting online exams are gathering on group calls to discuss the answers. Work is being undertaken to detect and penalise cheating. In a digitally enabled world that we have… Read More Examinations
This is the next weekly blog post from my Learning Live session a short while ago. The session was about developing smaller, more workable ideas under the banner of my 50 big ideas. This post, like the others, is a stream of consciousness – I’m writing this post whilst looking at the output from the… Read More Eliminate educational language
As promised, part 2 of my sweep of secondary schools. Heads Firstly, headteachers. You’re proud of your school, we know that. We don’t, however, need a 45 minute presentation telling us the same information that is in your prospectus. We can read the results, we can see that your 5 A*-C is a certain percentage. Better… Read More Education, Education, Education – 2